The place where Lin Zhou met Su Ling was FREE, the most famous western restaurant in S City. Not only was the environment here elegant and the facilities complete, but there were also many sports and entertainment venues nearby, such as a tennis club, a golf course, and a horse riding field.
Su Ling parked his sports car in the parking space in front of FREE. A dedicated waiter came over to help open the car door. He got out of the car naturally, locked the door with the remote control key, and walked into the restaurant with brisk steps.
"Sir, do you have a reservation or membership card?" the waiter asked respectfully.
FREE is a high-end restaurant. Only those who make reservations in advance or hold a membership card can enter and consume. Although Su Ling is wearing a branded suit, the waiter still asked politely and diligently.
"I have a reservation and a membership card." Su Ling told Lin Zhou the box number he had arranged to meet him in, and the waiter immediately took him there.
When I arrived at the box and opened the door, I saw Lin Zhou sitting there and making a phone call.
When Lin Zhou saw Su Ling, he said goodbye to the person on the other end of the phone, hung up and put down the phone. He stood up and walked to Su Ling, looked him up and down for a while, and suddenly reached out and hugged him tightly.
"What, what are you doing?" Su Ling pushed him with a look of disgust.
"We haven't seen each other for so long, can't we hug each other?" Lin Zhou let go of him and smiled.
"Didn't we just meet last month?" Su Ling straightened his wrinkled suit.
This suit was a new summer model Lin Feng had bought him. It was a light blue, short-sleeved shirt with a wing collar, a gray half-sleeved jacket, cropped trousers, and a pair of black and brown loafers. He looked both fresh and stylish. He had tied his shoulder-length curly hair into a medium ponytail, with his bangs pulled to the sides, revealing his full forehead. With his delicate features, he looked like a noble and elegant little prince.
Lin Zhou groaned and pulled out the chair for him. "You look so happy. You've been having a good time lately, haven't you?"
Seeing the two of them showing their love and affection in the live broadcast from time to time, Lin Zhou knew that they had put aside their past grudges and were back to normal.
A short separation is better than a new marriage, and a long separation is like first love.
When a couple is together, you don’t have to guess that they will be passionate and affectionate.
Su Ling sat down, turning a deaf ear to Lin Zhou's teasing, and urged: "Hurry up and order the food, I'm hungry."
From yesterday to this morning, he had eaten three meals of porridge in a row, and his stomach urgently needed to be soothed by various meats.
Lin Zhou pressed the red button on the table and called the waiter.
"Something's wrong. Didn't President Lin feed you enough?" he asked doubtfully.
"Don't mention it." Su Ling sighed, "I had a fever early yesterday morning, and Lin Feng took me directly back to S City. I stayed in the hospital for a whole day and drank a few bowls of porridge. My mouth was almost dry."
Lin Zhou was surprised. "Fever?"
When they were chatting on WeChat last night, Su Ling only said that he had returned to S City, but he did not say that he was brought back to S City by Lin Feng because of a fever.
Su Ling half covered his face and said, "It's too embarrassing, let's not bring it up."
He couldn't tell Lin Zhou that Lin Feng had treated him so harshly that he had a fever and was admitted to the hospital?
Lin Zhou was such a smart guy. He glanced at the kiss marks on his neck and guessed the reason immediately. He winked and said, "I understand."
Su Ling raised his hands to cover his neck and glared at him.
Don’t break up when things are tough, brother!
The waiter came and Lin Zhou ordered a bunch of delicious food in one go. Su Ling asked for a large steak cooked to medium-rare.
When the beef was served, Su Ling picked up the knife and fork and happily cut into pieces.
The meal was very enjoyable. The two chatted while eating. After finishing the last bit of red wine, Su Ling picked up the napkin, wiped the corner of his mouth gracefully, and sighed contentedly: "Finally, I'm alive."
Lin Zhou asked worriedly, "Is it too greasy?"
Lidya Su raised his eyebrows. "We've already finished eating. Don't you think it's too late to ask now?"
Lin Zhou said: "If you feel uncomfortable in your stomach, be sure to tell me and I will take you to the hospital."
Su Ling burped. "I've had a good meal, and my stomach feels better now."
The fever came on and went away quickly, and it didn't affect my appetite at all. I had a good sleep last night and I feel full of energy today. I'm fully recovered.
Lin Zhou touched his chin and said thoughtfully, "I remember you had a high fever when you were in college. It was quite scary."
Su Ling couldn't quite remember. "Which time?"
"Let me think..." Lin Zhou lowered his head and thought for a while, then snapped his fingers. "During the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday in my second semester of freshman year, you came back from home looking very bad. That same night, you developed a high fever. I was so scared that I called the dorm manager and carried you to the school doctor in the middle of the night."
Su Ling's memory was awakened by him, and some unpleasant things emerged in his mind. He pursed his lips and said, "Well, I had a fever for two days that time."
Mid-Autumn Festival is supposed to be a good day for family reunion, but he finds that his home is not as good as it seems.
Lin Zhou said, "You should take care of yourself. Frequent fevers are not good for your health."
"Okay, I got it." Su Ling looked down at the diamond watch on his left wrist and changed the subject, "Where are we going to play later?"
Seeing that he was unwilling to talk more, Lin Zhou did not ask any more questions and suggested, "Tennis, golf, horseback riding, whatever you choose."
Su Ling said: "Let's play tennis first, and then go horseback riding."
A round of golf takes three or four hours, which is too time-consuming and energy-consuming.
Lin Zhou had no objection.
The two chatted for a while in the restaurant and then went to the tennis club.
Su Ling brought sportswear and riding clothes, but left them in the car, so Lin Zhou went with him to get them.
"Where's your car? Where did you park it?" Su Ling asked as he opened the trunk.
"There." Lin Zhou pointed to a flashy red sports car not far away.
Su Ling took out the rice and tea leaves from the trunk and said, "These two are gifts for you."
Lin Zhou looked at the snakeskin bag in surprise. "Is this the rice you grew?"
Although I saw him harvesting rice and drying grain in the live broadcast, I didn't expect that he would actually make the grain into refined rice and bring it to the city.
"What are you looking at?" Su Ling looked at him unhappily.
Lin Zhou helped carry the boxes and walked with him to his car. "This is the most special gift I've ever received."
Su Ling stuffed the rice into his trunk and asked with a smile, "Are you touched?"
Lin Zhou nodded: "Of course!"
Think about it, Su Ling used to be such a delicate person! Forget farming, even asking him to plant flowers was a condescending act. After going to the countryside and learning a set of skills, he not only cooks delicious dishes, but also does farm work in a proper manner. He is now a completely different person from before.
I was flattered to get a bag of rice grown by him.
After putting their things away, the two picked up the bags of clothes and walked towards the tennis club.
The reception manager of the tennis club smiled brightly when he saw them.
"Mr. Lin, Mr. Su, it's been a long time since I last saw you."
Lin Zhou said: "I went abroad for a while ago and just came back recently."
Su Ling smiled: "I just returned to S City yesterday. Manager Liu still looks as energetic as ever."
Manager Liu politely led them to the locker room and said modestly, "Thanks to you two, I just got promoted last month."
Lin Zhou raised his eyebrows: "Congratulations, Manager Liu!"
Manager Liu: "Thank you, Mr. Lin."
Su Ling came to the cabinet he often used and was about to open it when he found that the cabinet door was locked.
"Huh? Has anyone used it?" he asked.
Although the lockers in the dressing room are public, the locker selected for the first time is generally considered an exclusive locker. This is an unwritten rule among the club's regulars. Only new guests who don't understand the situation will use an empty locker.
Manager Liu was stunned when he saw this: "Sorry, Mr. Su, I just changed shifts at noon and didn't know this cabinet had been used in advance."
Su Ling said indifferently: "It's okay, I haven't been here for almost half a year, I can't just sit idle forever."
He looked around and found an empty cabinet in the corner, so he put the bag in it and took out his sportswear.
Lin Zhou said, "Manager Liu, please go and do your work. There's no need to entertain us specially."
Manager Liu bowed slightly and left the locker room.
Su Ling took off his suit and hung it in the closet, then slowly unbuttoned his shirt. Halfway through, the door of the dressing room was rudely pushed open, and four or five young men walked in, laughing.
"Huh? Is there anyone here?" Li Ting shouted in confusion when he saw Su Ling and Lin Zhou with their backs to them.
Lin Zhou quickly put on a short-sleeved sports T-shirt and turned to glance at the newcomer. "The door is closed, so of course someone's here. Don't you think it's rude to just barge in without even knocking?"
Li Ting recognized Lin Zhou. Seeing his unhappy expression, he said with a grin, "Oh, it's Master Lin? Sorry!"
Lin Zhou walked past him and looked at Su Dan who was standing at the door. He snorted and cursed inwardly with regret.
It's really unfortunate that I ran into this guy in the same locker room.
Su Dan stared at Su Ling, who had his back to him, with a gloomy expression. His cold and sharp eyes seemed to want to stare a hole in Su Ling's back.
Su Ling had already sensed that someone was staring at him so "enthusiastically". When he heard Li Ting's voice, he knew that he had brought a group of cronies with him. He buttoned up his half-undone shirt, turned around calmly, and met the other person's sinister gaze provocatively.
"Ah!" Li Ting looked at Su Ling in feigned surprise, "I didn't notice it just now, but Third Young Master Su is here too?"
Su Ling responded coldly: "I can't be here?"
He is the third among the younger generations of the Su family. There are two people with the surname Su in this house. In order to distinguish them, Li Ting specially calls him Su Sanshao.
However, this title drew scorn from another young master of the Su family. "What Third Young Master Su? How can a guy who has severed ties with the Su family be called Third Young Master Su?"
Li Ting laughed and touched his nose awkwardly.
Lin Zhou frowned and looked at Su Dan with an unfriendly look.
Su Ling was mocked, and said calmly: "A nouveau riche like the Su family can't even be ranked in the top ten among the wealthy families in S City. The title of Su Sanshao is really not worthy of me."
"You—" Su Dan snorted coldly, "You're a piece of trash who relies on men to get to the top. What kind of person are you?"
Su Ling remained calm, raised her chin slightly, and narrowed her beautiful peach blossom eyes, appearing particularly proud and arrogant. "Are you envious, jealous, or hateful?"
"Huh?" Su Dan stared at him in disbelief. "I'm jealous of you? I'm so bored that I'd be jealous of a peasant working in the countryside!"
Su Ling raised the corners of his mouth and smiled handsomely, "My husband loves me and gives me over a million yuan in pocket money every month. I can't spend it all, so I have to give it away for charity. Unlike someone who racks his brains to ask for money from the elders every month, and if the elders don't give much, he lies on the ground crying and acting like a scoundrel."
"Shut up!" Su Dan's face turned pale. That was so long ago. He was ten years old and still naive. He asked his parents for pocket money, but they only gave him 10,000 yuan. He thought it was too little, so he sat on the ground and cried. Su Ling accidentally saw him and remembered it all this time, teasing him from time to time.
Su Ling spread his hands, looking innocent.
In the past, Su Dan and Su Ling did not get along in the Su family, and they often quarreled. After Su Ling and Lin Feng got married, whenever they met in other occasions, Su Dan would deliberately rush up and make sarcastic remarks. But Su Ling was not a pushover and would fight back without mercy.
"Ahem - well - should we change clothes?" Yu Qiang, who was watching from the side, spoke at the right time.
Qiao Zhengwen: "Change, of course we have to change! Last week we were still tied, this time I will defeat you no matter what!"
Yu Qiang said, "Alright, who's afraid of who? By the way, where's Wen Xi? Do you want to have a fight too?"
He turned sideways, revealing the handsome young man standing on the outside.
Wen Xi had been hiding behind them to watch the show, but upon hearing Yu Qiang's words, he obediently replied, "Brother Yu and Brother Qiao will compete first, I'll go after them."
Then, he looked at Su Ling warmly and said politely: "Hello, Mr. Su, we meet again."
Su Ling met Wen Xi's gaze calmly, frowned slightly, and said indifferently, "Hello."
Lin Zhou looked around and asked in surprise, "Do you know each other?"
Su Ling said: "Well, I met him once. His grandfather and my second grandfather have some connection."
The author has something to say: Ugh, it takes more than an hour to edit each time, and tears just come out. My hair is getting balder and balder.
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